#BFAE41#BFAE41

#BFAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE41
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -6.67, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 56.49, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0232 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5776, 41.7318, 11.0757)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE41 #4152BF

analogous

#BF6F41 #BFAE41 #91BF41

triadic

#BFAE41 #41BFAE #AE41BF

tetradic

#BFAE41 #41BF6F #4152BF #BF4191

square

#BFAE41 #41BF6F #4152BF #BF4191

split-complementary

#BFAE41 #4191BF #6F41BF

monochromatic

#645B22 #928531 #BFAE41 #CEC26F #DED59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE41

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE41	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57b',
    500: '#bfae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae41;
$custom-light: #d5c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE41

secondary

#9299CA

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE41

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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